Andrew McNamara hopes lightning can strike twice when Newmill bids for glory in the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow.

NEWMILL has been given a clean bill of health after his exploits at Gowran Park on Saturday.

Newmill has been given a clean bill of health after his exploits at Gowran Park on Saturday.

Newmill, winner of last year’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, could head straight to the Cheltenham Festival after bypassing two possible engagements this weekend.

JOHN Joseph Murphy will wait as long as possible before deciding on which engagement Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Newmill will take up at the weekend.

Cheltenham Gold Cup third Forget The Past capitalised on a lenient timber rating by making a winning reappearance in the VCBet Hurdle over two and a half miles at Punchestown.

NEWMILL tops a list of 30 entries for the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Newmill tops a list of 30 entries for the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

JOHN Joseph Murphy hopes Newmill will arrive fit and well at Cheltenham next March to defend his Champion Chase crown.

Cuan Na Grai could be set for an appearance at Cheltenham in November after giving Paul Nolan a third Guinness Galway Hurdle success yesterday.

Paul Nolan landed his third Guinness Galway Hurdle when Cuan Na Grai made all under super sub Paddy Flood on the fourth day of the festival meeting.

With a Cheltenham Festival success to his name already in 2006, John Joseph Murphy turned his attention to the Flat and struck at the top level when registering his first Group-race success with Pout in the Ridgewood Pearl Stakes at the Curragh.

Until last March, the name John Joseph Murphy did not exactly trip off the tongue when one thought of big time Irish trainers, but Newmill’s victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase and subsequently in the Irish version at Punchestown has propelled the Upton, Co Cork trainer to a new realm of renown.

Kieren Fallon suffered an injury scare at Tipperary last night on the eve of the Stan James Guineas Festival at Newmarket.

Kieren Fallon suffered an injury scare at Tipperary this evening on the eve of the Stan James 2000 Guineas meeting at Newmarket.

Newmill ran his rivals into the ground to land the Kerrygold Champion Chase in great style despite making several mistakes.

Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Newmill heads a high-class field of six for the Kerrygold Champion Chase over two miles at Punchestown on Tuesday, the opening day of the Festival meeting.

Newmill, the runaway winner of last week’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, is likely to miss a clash with Brave Inca at the Punchestown Festival and instead line up in the Kerrygold Champion Chase.

Newmill, trained by John Joseph Murphy and ridden by Andrew McNamara, won the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the feature race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.

Newmill is likely to go straight to Cheltenham for the Queen Mother Champion Chase without another run.

Newmill put up a pleasing display to take the Grade Two MacLochlainn Road Markings Ltd Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles.

THREE Irish businessmen yesterday launched a €113m takeover bid for the Gresham Hotel group. The long-threatened takeover bid for the Gresham Hotel Group finally came yesterday afternoon.